jess jessica schneider has more and we'll talk to barbara starr about the national briefing. jessica, what do you know about steve bannon? certainly well known in the washington circles and what does this say about the change that donald trump is trying to make? >> reporter: steve bannon is known for his brass knuckles approach and breitbart news itself known for taking a tough and sharp tone, something that could translate to the trump campaign. as for bannon, he's known for his no-holds barred demeanor, something that matches the trump style. donald trump being forthright over the past 24 hours about staying true to who he is. he no longer wants to placate people for staying on message and perhaps sticking to the teleprompter indicating he could go back to the ways that propelled him through the primary, which were, in effect, the huge rallies that we saw. now, this shakeup has been described by the campaign itself as nearly an expansion and it's something that kellyanne conway commented on a bit ago. take a listen. >> some are calling it a shakeup. it really is not. it does

cnn jessica schneider is outside of the trump tower, he did the opposite of backing away from the comments he is repeating them over and over. >> that is right, jake. donald trump repeated those comments in four separate settings in the past 24 hours. when he was given a chance to clarify or explain what he meant by the term founders of isis he says it is not a metaphor he means it as he said it. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. >> vowing to back down from his incorrect claim that president obama and hillary clinton created isis. >> i think we'll give hillary clinton most valuable player mvp award. isis will hand her most valuable player award. her only competition in barack obama. >> trump made the claim at a rally in sunrise, florida on wednesday night. when he was giveen a chance -- given a chance to clarify. >> i know what you meant -- >> no the way he got out of iraq that was the founding of isis. >> the g.o.p. nominee called for the u.s. to get out of iraq in a 2007 interview with wolf blitzer. >> you know how they get out? get out. declare victory

with more on this, let's get to cnn correspondent jessica schneider here with me now. jessica. >> donald trump is demanding an independent and expedited investigation into all of these e-mails. he's doing it in the form of a special prosecutor. he wants an impartial review of clinton's e-mail practices saying the fbi's investigation was tainted. meanwhile, a federal judge is ordering the release of this new batch of e-mails and documents as soon as possible. all of it part of that slow trickle that keeps dogging hillary clinton, but she just laughed it off on "late night." >> the state department saying they have to release 15,000 e-mails by the deadline, a couple days before the debate. are you concerned about that? i would be terrified if my e-mails were released. >> jimmy, my e-mails are so boring. >> yeah. mine aren't. >> i'm embarrassed about that. they're so boring. we've already released, i don't know, 30,000-plus. so what's a few more. >> about 15,000 more will be coming. the state department looking for an october 14th deadline to release those e-mails and docu

>> jessica schneider, thank you for that. i want to take a deeper dive into the trump campaign and what it means to the 2016 race. host of "reliable sources" brian stelter is here and eugene scott and boris epstein, a senior adviser for the trump campaign. did i just mispronounce your name again? it's like the second time in five minutes. >> that's all right. >> you've got a brilliant insight into the trump campaign and i'm going to ask what you make of this big shakeup. before i do that, more about one of the guys that's been brought in, steven bannon. you've done some research into his background in the media and breitbart news. kellyanne conway we know. she was just seated in this chair yesterday. steven bannon, maybe some people do not know him. >> breitbart news, a conservative news website, loaded with opinion, much of it anti-clinton and anti-obama and very much pro trump. by bringing in bannon on the team as ceo, tough populist approaches towards immigration and other topics. bannon is a master of the political dark a

reshuffling of his top campaign staff, i want to bring in cnn's chris frates in washington and jessica schneidernew york. chris, this is interesting because it follows hen's meeting with law enforcement, follows what she did or her campaign and the dnc did at the convention which was talk a lot about law enforcement. she clearly doesn't want to concede this ground to donald trump. is that what today is about? >> that's a lot about what today is about. an aide telling us this really means focusing on the challenges and opportunities that police face all across this country. clinton is bringing chiefs of police from some of the biggest cities in the country. we have l.a., philadelphia, seatt seattle. that's just to name a few. also in attendance right now is new york city police commissioner bill bratton who has been very critical of donald trump. >> mr. trump scares me, scares the help out of me to be quite frank with you. personal opinion. i just don't get it. >> why does he scare you as a possible president? >> the lack of depth on issues, the shoot from the hip. i've just watched his whole cam

thanks for joining us y am jessica schneider. better have an umbrella ready, there is rain on the radar, how long will it last? meteorologist vanessa murdock has more on what we can expect. >> it is not going to last much longer at all, maybe an hour and a half for some, but for so many nicely and very quickly. here is a look, there is a cold front pushing through, yes, a line of showers and storms has made their approach past the city, a few showers for long island the next hour or so, but we will zoom where the stronger activity is through central new jersey. this cell, as we see right here in hunterten county making its way to the southeasterly direction, here is a look at the timing on this very last bit of it will be in hamilton 6:34, millstone 7:00, 7:08, jackson, toms river. hour and a half left for some but after that is going to be a beautiful night. 70 degrees, clearing skies, dropping humidity levels setting the stage for a spectacular sunday. details on that coming up in a little bit. back to you. >> thanks. >>> mourn

kate. >> a good thing, jessica schneider, thanks so much. >>> clearly a lot to discuss. with me now, david chalian. has not run away from me yet. mary katharine ham, senior writer at the federalist. phillip lavigne is mayor, hillary clinton surrogate. andre bauer is former lieutenant governor of south carolina. and brian stelter, cnn media correspondent and host of "reliable sources." guys, all great to have you, thank you so much. andre, the shake-up, is this the fix you've been looking for to get this campaign back on track? >> well, i hope so. you know, some people say that it's a change, but we know the campaign's been understaffed. they hadn't had what they should have had. now they're ramping it up. we're less than 90 days to go. eyes are starting to pay attention. holidays are ending. people are going back to school. now people are going to really start paying attention. they picked a great time to really get focused in, to bring some new blood into the campaign with a different approach. hope hopefully, this will get it back to a really tight race. >> brian stelt

. >> cnn's jessica schneider joins me now with trump's latest rally. >> donald trump hitting hillary clinton on multiple fronts and escalating his attacks on her e-mail scandal. trump ramping up his accusations of pay for play and calling for an immediate, expedited and impartial investigation. donald trump once again attempting to capitalize ontiveros going scrutiny of hillary clinton's e-mails and the clinton foundation. in his strongest language yet accusing his opponent of fostering a pay for play culture when she served as secretary of state. >> the amounts involved, the favors done and the significant number of times it was done require an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor immediately, immediately, immediately. >> trump claiming the fbi and the justice department whitewashed clinton's e-mail scandal. >> it has proven itself to be really, sadly, a political arm of the white house. >> this charge coming as a judge orders the state department to review an additional 15,000 e-mails and other documents. the former secretary of state did not voluntarily turn over. a dev

cnn's jessica schneider is here with a preview. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, carol.se details coming in the form of a three-pronged policy speech. donald trump will lay out his plan to combat isis. first a trump campaign official says the republican candidate will make clear that any nation that fights isis is an ally. also noting the u.s. will no longer be in the business of nation building. secondly, trump is promising to raise the bar on standards for entry into the united states, suspending visas from countries with ties to terrorism and potentially questioning eligible applicants about their support of u.s. values. thirdly, trump wants to make a clear statement to the world that this fight will be waged militari militarily, financially and ideologically, likening it to the cold war. hillary clinton is already getting out in front of trump's speech, releasing a youtube video clip, questioning trump's fitness to be commander in chief. >> he is a stunning ignaramus on foreign policy. >> they said, what do you think of nato? it's not like it was my primary subject i

we have every angle covered starting with cnn's jessica schneider. clinton on multiple fronts and kaeslating the e-mail scandal. trump saying he wants an investigation independent of the justice department. donald trump once again attempting to kpattempt ing to capitalize on on going e-mails and clinton foundation. accusing his opponent fostering a pay for play structure when she was secretary of state. >> the favors done and significant number of times it was done require an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor immediately, immediately, immediately. >> trump claiming the fbi and the justice department whitewashed clinton's e-mail scandal. >> it has proven itself to be really sadly a political arm of the white house. >> reporter: this charge coming as a judge orders the state department to review an additional 15,000 e-mails and other documents. the former secretary of state did not

>> good report, jessica schneider from cleveland. >>> this just coming in to cnn, more fallout of the e-mail hack from the democratic national committee. we've just learned the coo from the dnc is going to resign today according to te'i democratic official. amy dayscy is submitting her resignation letter in the wake of those leaked e-mails. daisy is the highest ranking person at the dnc to step aside, not the only one. dnc chair debby wasserman shuls as you know resigned as well. tomorrow night owl hear from the other choices for president of the united states. don't miss cnn's town hall with libertarian candidates gary johnson and william well. the program will be hosted by our own sander son cooper. wednesday night 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. president obama says donald trump keeps proving he's unfit to be president of the united states. and he's joining a group of military veterans that congress are calling on house speaker paul ryan to withdraw his endorsement of trump. we're going to speak to one of those law mangers. plus, how is donald trump responding to all of this?

carol. >> all right, jessica schneider, reporting live from trump tower this morning, thank you. >>>loomberg once described chief's new chief executive as the most dangerous political operative in america. steve bannon runs brightbart news, a conservative website that often has these headline, seizure allegations raise doubts about clinton's health. an intriguing headline but not true. brightbart was in the news earlier this year following an exodus of the staff, angered its leader did not stand up for reporter michelle fields after she was allegedly grabbed by then campaign manager corey lewandowski. editor at large bren shapiro left brightbart and described it this way, quote, steve bannen is a bully, he has shaped the company into trump's personal pravda. he has abandoned and undercut his own reporter in order to protect trump's bully campaign manager. lewandowski was later clearfed assaulting fields but the trump campaign later fired him. joined now by host of cnn's "reliable sources" brian stelter. the most surprising thing about bannen is he has no experience running any politi

is also holding a rally in dinondale, michigan later today where we have our correspondent, jessica schneiders and his resignation, the question is why. >> reporter: you know, donald trump not exactly saying why. but we are hearing from campaign sources, campaign sources telling cnn's dana bash that paul manafort believed in the last few days, especially with the reports earlier this week about that ukraine anticorruption investigation into him. he's told donald trump that he basically had become a distraction and he wanted to end that resulting in the reds nation of paul manafort today. donald trump himself not speaking about it, but issuing a statement. he released it this morning just after the news came out that paul manafort had resigned. he said this, "this morning paul manafort, and i accepted, his riz nae resignation from the campaign. i am very appreciative for his great work in helping us get where we are today and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. paul is a true professional and i wish him the great ers est of success. no mention in that

jessica schneider reports. >> reporter: the denouncements of donald trump from his fellow republicans louder by the hour. >> trump is too racist and too bigoted for the land of lincoln. >> he lacks the temperament, the judgment, the self-restraint to be our president. >> a trump presidency would really harm our nation. >> reporter: the drop in support and the all-out flip in party loyalty began before trump secured the nomination. >> there is plenty of evidence that mr. trump is a conman, a fake. >> reporter: mitt romney pleaded with republicans to thwart trump's rise. after the primary, romney said he wouldn't rule out voting for gary johnson. the hunger for an alternate option prompting pledges from several republicans to write in a presidentable candidate. >> i'll be writing in general colin powell. >> i am probably going to end up writing in the name of someone. >> reporter: senator susan collins says her writing could be george w. bush's secretary of state condoleezza rice or jeb bush who last spoke out about the state of the race on may 6th on facebook. writing in november, i wi

cnn's jessica schneider is live outside trump tower in new york. jason carroll is going to be live in manchester. he's there now in new hampshire because trump is holding a rally next hour. trying to get ahead of a very fast-moving candidate. jessica, first and foremost, who are the other people in that room that trump had assembled and was appealing to? >> reporter: ashleigh, i just talked to one of the women leaving outside the round tachblt she said donald trump talked about jobs and also stayed on message. it's fair to say these people were already primed to support donald trump. let me give you a breakdown. 26 people today were in that meeting with donald trump, that roundtable. they included gop leaders like ben carson, of course, also donald trump's campaign team. they also insided 13 hispanic and black fellows from the republican leadership institute. a little bit about this institute. it was developed in 2015. it's used as a volunteer training organization for young gop recruits. these people are working very closely with the rnc and actua

our jessica schneider explains what is at stake in ohio. >> i do believe that my vote matters.ant it to matter. >> so goes ohio, so goes the country, yeah. >> reporter: these are the voters hillary clinton and donald trump hope to capture, no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio. the last time a democrat took the white house without the state, john f. kennedy in 1960. both campaigns are fighting hard for the battleground. hillary clinton and tim kaine traveled by bus through the state as part of their post convention push. >> we're going to be back. we'll be in the valley. we'll be all over ohio. >> reporter: donald trump rallied in columbus monday. >> i'll be back so much you'll be sick of me. but november 8th, you have to go and vote. >> reporter: 7.6 million voters up for grabs, but there is a push and pull over registering even more. federal judges struck down voter i.d. laws and those reducing early voting time as unconstitutional. and now the state's purge of voters who haven't cast a ballot is under review by the courts. >> the ground game really m

cnn's jessica schneider is with him on the campaign trail. jessica, a remarkable charge to make here in the key state of pennsylvania. >> reporter: yeah, jim. definitely a strong charge. of course, that charge coming after him dialing back some of his previous comments about president obama and hillary clinton being the founders of isis like you said today. he talked about on twitter that he was being sarcastic and dialled it back again, saying that he was being somewhat sarcastic and more potentially controversial comments that could again shadow or overshadow his messaging and he talked about the fact that the only way that he could lose pennsylvania and that hillary clinton could win this state would be if cheating goes on. take a listen. >> the only way we can lose, in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. i really believe it because i looked at erie and it was the same thing as this, and i know this state well. i know the state well, but let me just tell you, i looked all over, pennsylvania, and i'm studyin

jessica schneider live outside trump tower where this meeting has been taking place. what's going on? >> reporter: donald trump making a hard bush to the minority voters. he's hosting right now his second roundtable here at trump tower in just the past week. several gop leaders like ben carson also in attendance. black and hispanic fellows from the republican leadership institute. that's a volunteer organization that looks to recruit young gop advocates. i talked to a few of them this morning, they're definitely youthful and energetic but not telling me much about what they expect to hear from donald trump or what they want to hear from donald trump. just in the past few minutes, donald trump has been speaking to them. he's honing in on his message that hillary clinton doesn't care about the african-american community. donald trump talking last night in very strong controversial words, calling hillary clinton a bigot at his tampa, florida rally. also last night, seeming to soften his immigration stance and getting some backing from his supporters in the audience there

jessica schneider was with him at an earlier rally in pennsylvania and she's out front. >> donald trumpg to clarify his comments about president obama and isis. >> i said the founder of -- obviously, i'm being sarcastic. then, but not that sarcastic, to be honest with you. so i said the founder of isis and in fact, very soon he's going over to pick up his most valuable player award. did i say that? right? i say it all the time. so they knew i was being sarcastic. >> that after trump repeatedly insisted thursday that the president was the founder of the terrorist organization. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of iceis. >> you meant that he created the vacuum and lost the peace. >> no, he's the founder of isis. >> he's not sympathetic to them. he hates them and he's trying to kill them. >> i don't care. he's the founder. >> he wanted to rapidly pull troops out of iraq including the 2011 interview on cnn. >> iraq, we shouldn't have been there and i'd get them out real fast. >> it's not the first time trump has claimed sarcasm to get out of a jam when he said this

jessica schneider, cnn, new york. >> just moments ago a new statement from the clinton campaign readsote, hillary clinton has released a detailed medical record showing her to be in excellent health and her personal tax return since 1977 while trump has failed to provide the public with the most basic financial information disclosed by every major candidate. it's time for him to stop using shameful distractions to hid his own record. that prompted hannity to call stelter little pip-squeak on fox this morning. >> that's a little -- >> you know. well, i was kind of amazed that sean hannity did put that sort of analysis of that ridiculous head moving video which was obviously just her having a faycal most spit-take reaction to what a reporter was saying. >> anderson, sean hannity is an excellent broadcaster and he's entertaining. he's definitely an entertainer, but he's doing a disservice to his audience by peddling these conspiracy theories and the clinton campaign they are right tonight to be saying these are just conspiracy theories. they've been debunked time and time again and unfor

let's get the latest now from cnn national correspondent jessica schneider. er: alisyn, donald trump rallied in austin, texas, where he honed in on hillary clinton, once again slamming the clinton foundation, this time as a business that profits from public office. trump also stood on the stage with two mothers whose children were kill bed by illegal immigrants, but there are still questions about his immigration stance. >> it is impossible to figure out where the clinton foundation ends and the state department begins. >> reporter: donald trump honing his rally cry, attacking hillary clinton and her family's name sake foundation. >> the clintons set up a business to profit from public office. >> reporter: trump seizing on a new report by the associated press that claims more than 50% of the private citizens hillary clinton met with during her tenure as secretary of state were donors to the clinton foundation. >> this is corruption. and this is why i have called for a special prosecutor. >> reporter: the clinton campaign mincing no words in denouncing the ap's

more now from jessica schneider. >> what do you have to lose by trying something new? like trump.

first, cnn's jessica schneider with much more on trump's plans today. it's clearly monday because i can't speak. what are we learning about this plan? >> we're learning trump will lay out his plan to combat isis this afternoon in ohio. the details will come in the form of a three-pronged policy speech. first, a trump campaign official says the republican candidate will make clear that any nation that fights isis will be an ally. also noting that the u.s. will no longer be in the business of nation building. secondly, trump is promising to raise the bar on standards for entry into the u.s., suspending visas from other countries with ties to terrorism. and potentially even questioning eligible applicants about their support of u.s. values. and, third, donald trump wants to make a clear statement, you see it there. he says this is an ideological struggle against radical islam. it must be waged militarily and financially. likening it to the cold war. donald trump's speech slated for 2:00 this afternoon. he'll be using the speech to get back on message after

more now from jessica schneider. >> what do you have to lose by trying something new? like trump. >> reporter: donald trump making a passionate pitch to african-american voters telling this mostly white audience near east lansing, michigan, that democrats have been the ones keeping minorities down. >> america must reject the bigotry of hillary clinton who sees communities of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future. hillary clinton would rather provide a job to a refugee from overseas than to give that job to unemployed african-american youth. >> trump started the day in baton rouge, criticizing the president for staying on vacation on martha's vineyard during the worst natural disaster since super storm sandy. the white house announcing just as donald trump's jet took off that president obama will travel to the devastation on tuesday, but donald trump didn't let up. >> obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> in hillary clinton's america the system stays rigged against americans. >> reporter: trump's first tv ads hit the

jessica schneider, cnn, diamondville, michigan. >> let's take a list ton and the approach to black voters. let's watch what he said. >> is that a message? >> for african-americans? i don't think we've seen a candidate that is more uncomfortable around people of color in recent history than donald trump. donald trump has work 0 do. he has to show that he has policy work for a lot of the ills he laid out. donald trump's language today was an offense and affront to many african-americans and if he can't own that what do we expect -- >> you can't sit there and consa dend people in an all white audience when you haven't been one interaction. >> the director for obama 2012 and hillary clinton supporter and jack kingston, former republican from georgia. good to have you both this morning. >> good morning. >> so, let's, again, play that bit of what donald trump said in dimondale and his bid for votes. watch. >> i say again, what do you have to lose? you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. what the hell do you have to lose? >> congress

cnn's jessica schneider joins us now with more. good morning. >> good morning, chris. donald trump trying to get back on message after a weekend of media bashing. he'll turn to the fight against isis in a speech at youngstown state university in ohio this afternoon. he'll outline a three-pillar approach to combat isis, painting the fight as an ideological struggle on par with the cold war. >> he's going to lay out his vision and his strategy for defeating radical islamic terrorism. >> reporter: donald trump turning his isis-sent cricentrin policy ideals into a three-pillar proposal to defeat them. >> he's going to talk about how you target your enemies and work with your friends. you don't overreach and destabilize countries like the obama/clinton administration has done. >> reporter: a senior campaign official says trump will unveil several proposals today. he'll declare an end to nation building and consider any country willing to help defeat isis an ally. a call that could include russia, a country he originally wanted to back in the fight. >> russia wants to get ri

let's go now to michigan and jessica schneider there for us live.he has more developments on the trump campaign. >> the tone of the trump campaign has turned marketedly disciplined and different over the past 24 hours. donald trump just wrapping up about his 45-minute speech right here in michigan. he used it to rail against hillary clinton and also to talk about his trip to baton rouge today. he used that trip to harken on his line that a lot of people in the united states are facing tough times. >> we're glad you're not playing golf in martha's vine yard. >> somebody is that shouldn't be. >> criticizing the president. it's the worst natural disaster since super storm sandy. >> the spirit of the people is incredible. the devastation like wise they've never seen anything like it. the spirit of the people is incredible and honestly, obama, ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> the white house announcing this afternoon president obama will visit baton rouge next week. donald trump appears to be softens his tone after his latest campa

jessica schneider has the latest on this retooled trump campaign. what can you tell us?nald trump will be honing in on a law and order theme at his rally in north carolina tonight. it's a pointed policy message and it comes as his team is promising that donald trump will be digging into details while also staying true to himself in his unique character. donald trump actually spent the day today in north carolina where he got an endorsement from a police union in that key state. >> donald trump meeting with local police after stopping at a shooting range in statesville, north carolina. >> i got to say this man can shoot. i've seen it. >> we went down to the range and we had a little shooting practice. >> reporter: tonight the gop candidate holding his first rally since shaking up his team talking law and order and terrorism in charlotte, north carolina. expect classic donald trump style mixed with scripted policy points and possibly on teleprompter. his new campaign manager wants him focused on showing he's a leader. >> we want to make sure he's comfortable being in his o

jessica schneider has details for us. >> what do you have to lose by trying something new like trump? >> reporter: donald trump making a passionate pitch to african-american voters telling this mostly white audience near east lansing, michigan saying democrats are the ones keeping american down. >> americans must reject the bigotry of hillary clinton who sees it only as votes. hillary clinton would rather provide a job to a refugee from overseas than to give that job to unemployed african-american youth. >> thank you for coming mr., trump. >> reporter: trump started in baton rouge, criticizing the president staying on vacation in martha's vineyard. just as donald trump's jet took off, that president obama will travel to the devastation on tuesday. but donald trump didn't let up. >> obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> in hillary clinton's america, the system stayed rigged against americans. >> reporter: donald trump will spend $4.8 building their ads in ohio, pennsylvania, north carolina, and florida. >> donald trump's america is is secure. terrorists and dang

we begin with jessica schneider. clear this up for us, who is at this meeting? they all already trump supporters? we're hearing the word minority activists. who's going to be there? >> reporter: the roundtable is starting right now. there are black and hispanic fellows. they are from the republican leadership institute. this is a volunteer outreach and training program for young gop recruits. in fact, just inside the lobby a few minutes ago i talked to some of those people who will be at the roundtable. they weren't saying much. they were young and energetic but not saying publicly what they expect to hear. i also saw ben carson walk into the lobby. he'll be there as well as a number of activists as well as campaign staffers and other gop leaders. this is coming at the same time donald trump is ramping up his rhetoric against hillary clinton and also he's indicating that he might be backing down from that hard line stance on immigration that he exhibited throughout the primaries. donald trump ramping up the rhetoric last night in tampa, florida going so far to c

cnn's jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: donald trump trying to clarify his comments about president> i said the founder of isis -- obviously i'm being sarcastic. then, then -- than sahr caster, to be honest -- sarcastic, to be honest i. said the founder of isis. i said soon he's going to pick up his most valuable player award. did i say that? i say it all the time. so they knew i was being sarcastic. >> reporter: that after trump repeatedly insisted thursday that the president was the founder of the terrorist organization. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. >> he meant that he created the vacuum -- >> no, the founder of isis -- >> he's not sympathetic to them. he hates them -- >> i don't care. he was the founderment. >> reporter: trump's attacks on the president come as more evidence surfaces that trump also wanted to rapidly pull troops out of iraq including in this 2011 interview on cnn. >> iraq, we shouldn't have been there. i'd get them out real fast. >> reporter: not the first time trump has claimed sarcasm to get out of a jam. latest july -- >>

cnn's jessica schneider is following that part of our story. >> it's a softening that has been speculatedt week or so. donald trump insists he is not flip-flopping from his hard-line stance to deport millions of ingrants. last night, he acknowledged there may be some room for some to say. >> is there any part of the law that you might be able to change that would accommodate those people that contribute to society, have been law abiding, have kids here? would there be any room in your mind? because i know you had an meeting this week. >> i did. i had a meeting with great people, great hispanic leaders. there certainly can be be a softening. we're not looking to hurt people. we have some great people in this country. we have some great, great people in this country. >> donald trump referring there to his meeting with a handpicked group of hispanics over the weekend. but despite his self-admitted softening, he seems firm in at least one of his infamous pledges. >> we're going to build a wall, folks, we're going to build a wall. we're going to build a wall. don't worry, we're going to build

jessica schneider is covering the trump campaign and joins us from diamonddale, michigan.hat can he expect to gain? >> reporter: well, he has a lot to gain. in fact, in national polls, donald trump is only getting about 1% of the african-american vote. but despite that, and despite the fact that the vast majority of the people here at the rally were white, donald trump is still making that strong pitch to african-americans. in fact, he talked about hillary clinton, he said that she's taken those voters for granted and he even went as far as accusing hillary clinton of wanting to give jobs to syrian immigrants instead of african-americans. so really taking it to the extreme. he's talked about this all week. he's touched on this and pitched his message to african-americans but tonight was definitely the most fiery we have seen. he actually said three times what do you have to lose to those voters. >> that wasn't -- my understanding is that was not actually written into his speech. that was an ad lib. that is your understanding as well? >> reporter: yeah. you know, the new tr

cnn jessica schneider live in cleveland with more. jessica. >> reporter: good morning, jon. both candidates making a beeline theer the buckeye state. hillary clinton rolled through on a bus tour this weekend. she made five stops here since june 13th. donald trump has held about four rallies and town halls. of course he was also the big star of the convention here in cleveland, but as we've seen this campaign is anything but conventional. and it turns out those voters here are bucking convention, too. >> i do believe that my vote matters. i want it to matter. >> so goes ohio, so goes the country. >> reporter: these are the voters hillary clinton and donald trump hope to capture. no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio. the last time a democrat took the white house without the state, john f. kennedy in 1960. both campaigns are fighting hard for the battleground. hillary clinton and tim kaine traveled by bus through the state as part of their post convention push. >> we're going to be back. we'll be in the ma hoeny

let's begin with jessica schneider live at trump tower in new york. is is a big story because of who he's bringing in and because of what they're going to do, jessica. >> reporter: yeah, you know, chris, the campaign is actually trying to spin this as an expansion rather than a shake-up. this really does change the balance of power on this campaign. paul manafort's role will be diminished. instead, kellyanne conway will step in from senior adviser to now be trump's right-hand woman, if you will. she'll be traveling with the candidate. steve bannon will be stepping down temporarily from his role as executive chairman of breitbart news. he'll be moving in as what they're calling ceo of the campaign. trump is terming it as a way to bolster the business-like approach to his campaign. donald trump shaking up his campaign leadership team again for the second time in two months. >> people want to criticize donald trump. >> reporter: senior adviser kellyanne con way confirming she's been promoted to campaign manager. the executive chairman of breitbart news, s

cnn's jessica schneider joining us with more. >> reporter: yeah, it's a major break in message for the bush family. george p. bush acknowledging that his push to get behind donald trump is a complete flip from his father jeb's stance. but nonetheless, when the 40-year-old land commissioner stood before the crowd, he stressed they must get behind the nominee. >> it's a bitter pill to swallow. but you get back up and help the man that won, and you make sure that we stop hillary clinton. >> and george p. bush there referring to team bush. his father jeb battled in a bruising primary with donald trump and is adamantly stated he will not be voting for trump in november. donald trump, of course, unleashed a barrage of bashes against jeb bush throughout the primary and beyond. most memorably, calling him a low-energy stiff, also weak and ineffective. a pathetic figure desperate and sat, and finally a total embarrassment to his family. last month jeb bush predicted trump's campaign supporters would feel betrayed by empty promises. president george w. and george h.w. bush have also refrained fr